Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024 | Page 102

Upon Gwynedd receipt Mercy of the University completed application packet and an interview AY2023-2024 with the Program Undergraduate Director Academic and Field Catalog Director , the material submitted will be reviewed by the Performance Review Committee consisting of the Program Director , the Director of Field Education and other social work faculty with a decision for continuance or non-continuance in the major made by the beginning of the spring semester . Students will be assessed based on their scholarship , self-awareness , motivation for a career in social work , quality of the self-assessment paper , writing quality , and appropriateness of the social work degree for student ’ s career goals . A Performance Review Rubric will be utilized to assess student ’ s continuance in the BSW program . Students will be notified of their candidacy status by the Program Director by the beginning of the spring semester in a letter sent by email . The email will include their acceptance or non-acceptance to the program with instructions on their next steps if they are not accepted and instructions on what their next steps are if they are accepted . Students who are not deemed appropriate for the BSW program will be directed to the university ’ s professional advisors to choose another major .
Internal / External Transfers : Students who are currently enrolled at the university and who are interested in changing their major to the Bachelor of Social Work program may do so at any time but must have earned a GPA of 2.5 or higher at the time of the Candidacy Application . Students may start the program with less than a 2.5 GPA but must meet the minimum GPA at the time of formal application to the BSW degree program . Internal transfers will meet with the Program Director to discuss their interest , the requirements of the program , and the transfer of credits from their previous major . During this meeting , students are provided with a copy of the student handbook , program goals , and program policies . Students must take the pre-requisite courses and then submit a Candidacy Application to enter the advanced level of the major in the same manner specified above .
Students who are re-admitted to the university after a long period away must meet with the Program Director to discuss their interest , program expectations , and requirements . They must then submit an application to the social work degree program .
Any student who has been enrolled in a regionally accredited post-secondary school of higher education and accepted into Gwynedd Mercy University as a transfer student may apply for admission into the Bachelor of Social Work program . Candidacy Applications to enter the advanced level of the major will be reviewed in the same manner specified above . The Registrar ’ s office will conduct a transfer equivalency analysis of the applicant ' s completed credits . Transcripts of students who are transferring from another CSWE BSW program will be evaluated , and social work credits will be accepted if they correspond to the courses offered at Gwynedd Mercy University . The Program Director will review all transcripts and course descriptions from the sending university to determine course equivalency . All accepted transfer credits must have received a grade of C or better . C- is not an acceptable grade for transfer . Students accepted into the BSW program with less than a 2.5 GPA will have one semester to rise to a 2.5 GPA .
Students who are graduates of associate degree programs in human services or social work from colleges or universities with articulation agreements with the BSW program will be admitted as per the agreement . As with all transfer students , 50 overall credits and half of their major courses must be successfully completed at Gwynedd Mercy University .
All social work course credits must be earned in courses at regionally accredited colleges and universities . No social work credit is given for life experience or previous work experience .
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